PERSPEKTIF SOSIOLOGIS TENTANG SEKOLAH BERSTANDAR INTERNASIONAL BERBASIS KEARIFAN LOKAL DALAM MEMBANGUN KARAKTER BANGSA

Abstract

The establishment of the international standard schools is a good policy because it can improve the students’ competitiveness in international level in facing globalization. However, it can be seen as students’ alienation from their environment’s real condition. The purpose of educational institution as a facility for transferring social values and norms between generations might be ignored, causing the nation’s characters to deteriorate.

This article explains the sociological impact of international standard school and the discourse about the development of local wisdom in building the nation’s characters in school. The topic centered on two problems. First, the practice of international standard school as seen through sociological perspective. Second, the role expected to be played by international standard schools in developing local wisdom to build the nation’s characters. This study is important regarding the purpose of education as a mechanism to transfer values and norms inter-generationally, in order to establish international standard school that is based on local wisdom so that students will not forget their Indonesian characters and identities.

Keywords: sociological perspective, international standard school, local wisdom, nation’s characters